Still, it’s difficult to imagine the daily experiences of people with mental illness inside jails and prisons. In this book, Roth also includes training and strategies that are currently being implemented in order to address this gap on mental health and incarceration. These law enforcement personnel did not go into this profession thinking that they want to be health workers, However, ideals are different from reality. Indeed, it is a complex situation: how exactly can law enforcement personnel and institutions be able to help people with mental illness when the main purpose of their existence relies on keeping order and imposing punishment? Already being victims of the seeming incompetency of the healthcare system, people with mental illness also become victims of the criminal (in)justice system. In this three-part book, she is able to inform readers some difficulties that people with mental illness continue to face.Īlthough society nowadays seems to be more open in discussing mental health, it is evident that there is still much room for improvement that needs to be filled. Before delving into the first chapter, she provides her readers with contextual definitions that she uses throughout the book. There’s no doubt that Alisa Roth is a remarkable journalist. “The question for the deputies, the de facto frontline care providers, is what their role should really be.” – Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness by Alisa Roth
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